Woodford: “Credit to the players for adapting new style of play”

The ladies took on Preston North End Ladies this weekend in another pre-season friendly, which saw them run out 2-0 winners. Coach Simon Woodford provides us with his post match thoughts on the game.

“Really pleased with the performance today. We stepped it up from last week and dominated the game from start to finish.

Our midfield three were superb and really dominated in the middle, and our passing patterns really stood out today. We kept a clean sheet which is good for the defensive unit and something for them to build on. We also worked on being positive in the opposition half by utilising training techniques we had worked on during the week and looked to play forward quickly, the players took that into today's game which is great to see and it worked really well.

We have changed the style of play this season which is demanding on the players, but they must take a huge amount of credit for adapting to this style of play and have been working hard and showing they want to learn and develop“.

Our next challenge now is to keep working hard, keep developing and keep the high standards the ladies have set themselves, every training session and every game. If they can do that the results will take care of themselves”.